Oil on the shutter blades also might make the shutter not open at all or jam
in the open position. There are 2 cds cells in the XA, 1 for the meter
reading , the other for auto exposure. When the auto cds cell goes bad,
exposure would consistently be in the 8-10 second range.
A cracked ceramic board would jam the camera in the self timer mode.
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Keith (R.K.) Berry <keith_r.k.berry@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] XA question - long post
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EricSwansn@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] XA question - long post
>
>
> Hello Eric
>
> I'm also having overexposure problems with my XA, which was stored in its
> box, unused for about five years and the cause is very obvious - I can
hear
> and see that the shutter is much slower than the speed indicated in the
> viewfinder. Only when the needle is up near 1/500 does the shutter sound
> instantaneous, around 1/30th. An indicated 1/30th opens the shutter for a
> couple of seconds! When set to flash though, the shutter sounds fine.
>
> I put a 100 asa print film through it, set the camera to 800 asa and took
a
> range of pictures outdoors in various light conditions and they came out
> well enough - negatives only a bit more dense than usual, but the printer
> clearly compensated for that. I was expecting slow speeds when I took the
> pictures and held the camera exceptionally still - on one shot in dull
> conditions, the face of a woman looking in a shop window was blurred as
she
> turned!
>
> Check for something like this on yours in case the same problem applies.
Are
> your negatives particularly dense?
>
> It was suggested to me from the List, while the film was loaded, that
there
> may be oil on the shutter blades but now the film is out I can't see any
> sign of any, but wouldn't oil affect the Flash speed too?
>
> Regards,
> Keith (Birmingham UK)
> keith_r.k.berry@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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